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I'd say there's a fine line between "free speech" and "dangerous medical advice". Looking at a paragraph from the article: >“Healing the Symptoms Known as Auti
by AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
I'd say there's a fine line between "free speech" and "dangerous medical advice". Looking at a paragraph from the article:
>“Healing the Symptoms Known as Autism” recommends that autistic children drink and bathe in chlorine dioxide, a compound often referred to as “Miracle Mineral Solution.” In 2010, the Food and Drug Administration described it as “a potent bleach used for stripping textiles and industrial water treatment” that “can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and symptoms of severe dehydration.”
That's dangerous, plain and simple. I have no problem with a merchant on Amazon that sells rat droppings in a jar, provided they make it very clear what they're selling: rat droppings in a jar. If they start claiming that consuming rat droppings will cure lymphoma, however, then we've got a problem.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI would much prefer if amazon was neutral middleman and the question whether something should be censored or not is decided by law.
- WalterBright 8y agoFraudulently selling rat droppings as a cure is very different from selling a book claiming rat droppings are a cure. Governments deciding what is correct science and what is heresy have a poor track record.
- smhenderson 8y agoThe government hasn't decided anything. Amazon is a private business not a government. Regardless of which side of the debate we fall on here I think it's important to keep that distinction in mind.
- orblivion 8y agoWhat if Amazon puts a notice "This book contains advice deemed to be extremely dangerous by the American Medical Association"?